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Who The Heck Are These People Who Own Enchanted Hollow?
Enchanted Hollow is owned and operated by Mary and Bob Sansevere, with help from their children, Samantha, Sawyer, Spencer, Shane and Sienna.
A horse owner since childhood, Mary is a former Mrs. Minnesota-America who was a Minnesota Vikings cheerleader as well as the director of the Minnesota Timberwolves Performance Team. Mary's passion for miniatures began after she suffered a work-related neck injury and didn't know if she would be able to ride full-size horses again. Mary won both the Classic Shetland and ASPR Pleasure Driving Grand National Championships at the 2010 Shetland Congress, and had five overall National titles at the event in Ardmore, OK. Mary won Ladies Roadster, Over, and Amateur Park Harness, Under and Over, at the 2010 AMHR Nationals.
Mary won four National championships and four Reserve National titles at the 2008 AMHR Nationals and was the High-Point Amateur for Performance Under classes. At the 2009 AMHR Nationals, she put aside flu-like symptoms to win Open Jumper Over. (Mary is shown in the photo abpve left winning the National Grand Championship in Classic Pleasure Driving at the 2010 Shetland Congress with Zeb. Mary and Zeb also won the ASPR National Grand Championship in Classic Pleasure Driving at the same event in Ardmore, OK.)
Mary's husband, Bob, is a sports columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and a member of the KQRS Morning Show, the
highest-rated morning show in America. Bob also has been a contributor to several TV sports shows, including ESPN's First Take (formerly Cold Pizza), and he spent two terms on the Orono City Council. Bob also has written a book entitled, "The Best Minnesota Sports Arguments" and was involved in designing the official AMHR-ASPC rings and pendants with Jostens, an internationally known company that has provided championship rings for Super Bowl, World Series, NBA, NHL and NCAA champions. Since 2005, Bob has won 16 National championships at AMHR Nationals and Shetland Congress, including 11 national titles in jumping classes (three in Hunter and eight in Jumper). Bob has won three of the last four Open Jumper Under National titles with two minis: Classique's Phantom Gold (2006 and 2008) and Festervans Bodaous (2009). Bob also won Open Roadster Over in 2007. At the 2009 Shetland Congress, he guided Emerald Glenn Noah to a unanimous Grand National Championship in Classic Roadster Over (pictured above right). In 2010, Bob won three National titles at Shetland Congress and collected a fourth National title at AMHR Nationals.
Samantha, 15, entered her sophomore year of high school in the fall of 2010 and completed her third year as a varsity
cheerleader at Orono High School in 2009. Samantha won Classic Youth Pleasure Driving with Larch Acres Zebulon at the 2010 Shetland Congress and, along with Corey Luchetta, won a National title in the ASPR Halter Mare division. She won Youth Jumper Over with Rumor for the second year in a row at the 2008 AMHR Nationals and won Fancy Turnout with Taylor Prince for the fourth straight year in 2010. Samantha won the Reserve National title and also was third at the 2009 AMHR Nationals in Youth Jumper Under, and was Reserve National champion in Youth Park Harness Under. At the 2008 AMHR Nationals, she won the Reserve National title in Pleasure Driving Over. She also received two prestigious awards from the 2008 show season -- the Sarah Tennant Memorial Youth Jumper Division B award, which she and Rumor won for the third year in a row, and the 2008 AMHR Youth Horse of the Year award in the B Division, which she won with Dutch. Samantha won four national titles at the 2007 AMHR Nationals -- Youth Jumper Over, Youth Roadster, Youth Country Pleasure and, with Taylor Prince, Fancy Turnout. Samantha won Reserve National titles at the 2006 AMHR Nationals in Youth Hunter Over and 12-Under Roadster. She also won two Reserve National titles at the 2005 AMHR Nationals. At the 2009 Shetland Congress, Samantha was the Reserve National Grand Champion in Classic Roadster Stakes Under. In the fall of 2010, Samantha began contributing high school-related web essays for foxsportsnorth.com.
Sawyer, 13, entered the seventh grade in the fall of 2010. He won the Open Hunter National championship for the second
year in a row at the 2010 Shetland Congress with D&S Double Dutch Chocolate, where he also was the National champion in Classic Roadster, Youth, with Larch Acres Zebulon. Sawyer won four National championships at the 2009 AMHR Nationals and three at the 2010 AMHR Nationals. In '09. he won both the Under and Over classes in the 8-12 Roadster divisions, and also had national titles in Youth Jumper Under and Youth Park Harness Over. In '10, he won Pleasure Driving and Roadster Over youth classes, and also went 1-2 in Youth Jumper in the 8-12 division. He won the 2008 AMHR Nationals Country Pleasure Driving Over National title. Sawyer won the 2007 AMHR Nationals Youth Hunter Over national title with Magic and had several top five and top 10 finishes at the 2005, 2006 and 2007 AMHR Nationals. Sawyer was the 2009 Junior Ambassador at AMHR Nationals. (Sawyer is shown in the picture on the right driving Enchanted Hollow King Zebulon to a win in the Youth Roadster Over class at the 2010 MMHC Club Show in Winona, MN.)
Spencer, 9, entered the third grade in the fall of 2010 He won the 2010 Shetland Congress National championship in ASPR Pleasure Driving, Youth, with Enchanted Hollow King Zebulon, and followed that up by winning Youth Pleasure Driving with Zeb in the 7-Under age division at AMHR Nationals. Spencer won national titles in Youth Pleasure Under and Over classes three years in a row at AMHR Nationals (2007-08-09). And, in his AMHR Nationals debut in 2006 at the age of 4, he had two reserve national titles in driving classes. (Spencer is shown in the photo on the left competing with Cross Country Bugle Boy, aka Sarge, in the Youth Obstacle class at the 2010 MMHC Club Show in Winona, MN.)
Shane, 5, was the 2010 Shetland Congress Reserve National Champion in Classic
Leading Rein. At the 2010 AMHR Nationals, he finished third in the Youth Pleasure Driving, Over, class won by his older brother, Spencer, and he also received an ovation from the crowd when he was the youngest competitor to complete the Youth Hunter class.
He made his AMHR Nationals debut in 2009 and had several top five and top 10 finishes. He made his show debut in Sioux Falls, S.D., in May 2009 and finished with second-place ribbon in Youth Halter, beating at least two teenagers in the class. Shane was the helper in the Shetland Classic Liberty class at Shetland Congress. He plans to exhibit in driving classes as a 4-year-old in 2010. (Shane is shown in the photo on the right in a Liberty class at the 2010 MMHC Club Show in Winona, MN.)
Sienna, born May 28, 2009, will begin her show career after she gets out of diapers. (Sienna is pictured on the left, wondering why she can't show while she's still in diapers.)
A horse owner since childhood, Mary is a former Mrs. Minnesota-America who was a Minnesota Vikings cheerleader as well as the director of the Minnesota Timberwolves Performance Team. Mary's passion for miniatures began after she suffered a work-related neck injury and didn't know if she would be able to ride full-size horses again. Mary won both the Classic Shetland and ASPR Pleasure Driving Grand National Championships at the 2010 Shetland Congress, and had five overall National titles at the event in Ardmore, OK. Mary won Ladies Roadster, Over, and Amateur Park Harness, Under and Over, at the 2010 AMHR Nationals.Mary won four National championships and four Reserve National titles at the 2008 AMHR Nationals and was the High-Point Amateur for Performance Under classes. At the 2009 AMHR Nationals, she put aside flu-like symptoms to win Open Jumper Over. (Mary is shown in the photo abpve left winning the National Grand Championship in Classic Pleasure Driving at the 2010 Shetland Congress with Zeb. Mary and Zeb also won the ASPR National Grand Championship in Classic Pleasure Driving at the same event in Ardmore, OK.)
Mary's husband, Bob, is a sports columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and a member of the KQRS Morning Show, the
highest-rated morning show in America. Bob also has been a contributor to several TV sports shows, including ESPN's First Take (formerly Cold Pizza), and he spent two terms on the Orono City Council. Bob also has written a book entitled, "The Best Minnesota Sports Arguments" and was involved in designing the official AMHR-ASPC rings and pendants with Jostens, an internationally known company that has provided championship rings for Super Bowl, World Series, NBA, NHL and NCAA champions. Since 2005, Bob has won 16 National championships at AMHR Nationals and Shetland Congress, including 11 national titles in jumping classes (three in Hunter and eight in Jumper). Bob has won three of the last four Open Jumper Under National titles with two minis: Classique's Phantom Gold (2006 and 2008) and Festervans Bodaous (2009). Bob also won Open Roadster Over in 2007. At the 2009 Shetland Congress, he guided Emerald Glenn Noah to a unanimous Grand National Championship in Classic Roadster Over (pictured above right). In 2010, Bob won three National titles at Shetland Congress and collected a fourth National title at AMHR Nationals.Samantha, 15, entered her sophomore year of high school in the fall of 2010 and completed her third year as a varsity
cheerleader at Orono High School in 2009. Samantha won Classic Youth Pleasure Driving with Larch Acres Zebulon at the 2010 Shetland Congress and, along with Corey Luchetta, won a National title in the ASPR Halter Mare division. She won Youth Jumper Over with Rumor for the second year in a row at the 2008 AMHR Nationals and won Fancy Turnout with Taylor Prince for the fourth straight year in 2010. Samantha won the Reserve National title and also was third at the 2009 AMHR Nationals in Youth Jumper Under, and was Reserve National champion in Youth Park Harness Under. At the 2008 AMHR Nationals, she won the Reserve National title in Pleasure Driving Over. She also received two prestigious awards from the 2008 show season -- the Sarah Tennant Memorial Youth Jumper Division B award, which she and Rumor won for the third year in a row, and the 2008 AMHR Youth Horse of the Year award in the B Division, which she won with Dutch. Samantha won four national titles at the 2007 AMHR Nationals -- Youth Jumper Over, Youth Roadster, Youth Country Pleasure and, with Taylor Prince, Fancy Turnout. Samantha won Reserve National titles at the 2006 AMHR Nationals in Youth Hunter Over and 12-Under Roadster. She also won two Reserve National titles at the 2005 AMHR Nationals. At the 2009 Shetland Congress, Samantha was the Reserve National Grand Champion in Classic Roadster Stakes Under. In the fall of 2010, Samantha began contributing high school-related web essays for foxsportsnorth.com.Sawyer, 13, entered the seventh grade in the fall of 2010. He won the Open Hunter National championship for the second
year in a row at the 2010 Shetland Congress with D&S Double Dutch Chocolate, where he also was the National champion in Classic Roadster, Youth, with Larch Acres Zebulon. Sawyer won four National championships at the 2009 AMHR Nationals and three at the 2010 AMHR Nationals. In '09. he won both the Under and Over classes in the 8-12 Roadster divisions, and also had national titles in Youth Jumper Under and Youth Park Harness Over. In '10, he won Pleasure Driving and Roadster Over youth classes, and also went 1-2 in Youth Jumper in the 8-12 division. He won the 2008 AMHR Nationals Country Pleasure Driving Over National title. Sawyer won the 2007 AMHR Nationals Youth Hunter Over national title with Magic and had several top five and top 10 finishes at the 2005, 2006 and 2007 AMHR Nationals. Sawyer was the 2009 Junior Ambassador at AMHR Nationals. (Sawyer is shown in the picture on the right driving Enchanted Hollow King Zebulon to a win in the Youth Roadster Over class at the 2010 MMHC Club Show in Winona, MN.)Spencer, 9, entered the third grade in the fall of 2010 He won the 2010 Shetland Congress National championship in ASPR Pleasure Driving, Youth, with Enchanted Hollow King Zebulon, and followed that up by winning Youth Pleasure Driving with Zeb in the 7-Under age division at AMHR Nationals. Spencer won national titles in Youth Pleasure Under and Over classes three years in a row at AMHR Nationals (2007-08-09). And, in his AMHR Nationals debut in 2006 at the age of 4, he had two reserve national titles in driving classes. (Spencer is shown in the photo on the left competing with Cross Country Bugle Boy, aka Sarge, in the Youth Obstacle class at the 2010 MMHC Club Show in Winona, MN.)Shane, 5, was the 2010 Shetland Congress Reserve National Champion in Classic
Leading Rein. At the 2010 AMHR Nationals, he finished third in the Youth Pleasure Driving, Over, class won by his older brother, Spencer, and he also received an ovation from the crowd when he was the youngest competitor to complete the Youth Hunter class.He made his AMHR Nationals debut in 2009 and had several top five and top 10 finishes. He made his show debut in Sioux Falls, S.D., in May 2009 and finished with second-place ribbon in Youth Halter, beating at least two teenagers in the class. Shane was the helper in the Shetland Classic Liberty class at Shetland Congress. He plans to exhibit in driving classes as a 4-year-old in 2010. (Shane is shown in the photo on the right in a Liberty class at the 2010 MMHC Club Show in Winona, MN.)
Sienna, born May 28, 2009, will begin her show career after she gets out of diapers. (Sienna is pictured on the left, wondering why she can't show while she's still in diapers.)